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1 ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS ! CONVENED JANUARY 6, 2009 FIRST SESSION ADJOURNED DECEMBER 23, 2009 SECOND SESSION ! CONVENED JANUARY 5, 2010 ADJOURNED DECEMBER 22, 2010 CALENDARS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND HISTORY OF LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE DAY 127 CALENDAR DAY 128 FINAL EDITION E PL UR UM IB N U U S PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF LORRAINE C. MILLER, CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: By the Office of Legislative Operations The Clerk shall cause the calendars of the House to be printed Index to the Calendars will be printed the first legislative day of each and distributed each legislative day. Rule II, clause 2(e) week the House is in session U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 2011 65–525 2 SPECIAL ORDERS SPECIAL ORDER The Speaker’s policy with regard to special-order speeches announced on February 11, SPEECHES 1994, as clarified and reiterated by subsequent Speakers, will continue to apply in the 111th Congress, with the following modifications. The Chair may recognize Members for special-order speeches for up to 4 hours after the conclusion of 5-minute special-order speeches. Such speeches may not extend beyond the 4-hour limit without the permission of the Chair, which may be granted only with advance consultation between the leaderships and notification to the House. However, the Chair will not recognize for any special-order speeches beyond midnight. The Chair will first recognize Members for 5-minute special-order speeches, alter- nating initially and subsequently between the parties regardlessof the date the order was granted by the House. The Chair will then recognize Members for longer special- order speeches. A Member recognized for a 5-minute special-order speech may not be recognized for a longer special-order speech. The 4-hour limitation will be divided between the majority and minority parties. Each party is entitled to reserve its first hour for respective leaderships or their designees. Recognition for periods longer than 5 minutes also will alternate initially and subsequently between the parties each day. The allocation of time within each party’s 2-hour period (or shorter period if prorated to end by midnight) will be determined by a list submitted to the Chair by the respective leaderships. Members may not sign up with their leadership for any spe- cial-order speeches earlier than 1 weekprior to the special order. Additional guidelines may be established for such sign-ups by the respective leaderships. Pursuant to clause 2(a) of rule V, the television cameras will not pan the Chamber, but a ‘‘crawl’’ indicating the conduct of morning-hour debate or that the House has completed its legislative business and is proceeding with special-order speeches will appear on the screen. The Chair may announce other adaptations during this period. The continuation of this format for recognition by the Speaker is without prejudice to the Speaker’s ultimate power of recognition under clause 2 of rule XVII should circumstances warrant. MORNING-HOUR That during the second session of the 111th Congress: (1) on legislative days of Monday DEBATE when the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 1000 the House shall convene 90 minutes earlier than the time otherwise established by that resolution solely for the purpose of conducting morning-hour debate; and (2) on legislative days of Tuesday when the House convenes pursuant to House Resolution 1000: (A) before May 17, 2010, the House shall convene for morning-hour debate 90 minutes earlier than the time otherwise established by that resolution; and (B) after May 17, 2010, the House shall convene for morning-hour debate one hour earlier than the time otherwise established by that resolution; and (3) on legislative days of Monday or Tuesday when the House convenes for morning-hour debate pursuant to an order other than House Resolution 1000, the House shall resume its session 90 minutes after the time otherwise established by that order; (4) the time for morning-hour debate shall be limited to the 30 minutes allocated to each party, except that on Tuesdays after May 17, 2010, the time shall be limited to 25 minutes allocated to each party and may not continue beyond 10 minutes before the hour appointed for the resumption of the session of the House; and (5) the form of proceeding to Morning-Hour Debate shall be as follows: (a) the prayer by the Chaplain, the approval of the Journal, and the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag shall be postponed until resumption of the session of the House; (b) initial and subsequent recognitions for debate shall alternate between the parties; (c) recognition shall be conferred by the Speaker only pursuant to lists submitted by the Majority leader and by the Minority leader; (d) no Member may address the House for longer than 5 minutes except the Majority leader, the Minority leader, or the Minority whip; and (e) fol- lowing morning-hour debate, the Chair shall declare a recess pursuant to clause 12(a) of rule I until the time appointed for the resumption of the session of the House. 1 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 2010 H.R. 5893 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create jobs through increased investment in July 29 infrastructure, to eliminate loopholes which encourage companies to move operations offshore, and for other purposes. (Pending in the House.) 1 SEC. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SEC. 2 Section Page SEC. 3 Special orders .............................................................................................................................................. 0 2 Unfinished business ................................................................................................................................... 0 3 Morning hour call of committees ............................................................................................................... 0 6 Calendar Wednesday business .................................................................................................................. 0 6 SEC. 4 Special legislative days .............................................................................................................................. 0 6 Calendars: Union .................................................................................................................................................... 1 1 House .................................................................................................................................................... 2 1 SEC. 5 Private .................................................................................................................................................. 3 1 Motions to discharge committees ....................................................................................................... 4 1 Laws—numerical list by law number ....................................................................................................... 5 1 Titles of bills and resolutions which have become laws: SEC. 6 House bills: Public laws .................................................................................................................................... 6 1 Private laws .................................................................................................................................. 6 13 House joint resolutions: SEC. 7 Public laws .................................................................................................................................... 6 14 Private laws .................................................................................................................................. 6 15 Senate bills: SEC. 8 Public laws .................................................................................................................................... 6 16 Private laws .................................................................................................................................. 6 21 Senate joint resolutions: Public laws .................................................................................................................................... 6 22 SEC. 9 Private laws .................................................................................................................................. 6 23 Acts which failed to become laws (vetoed while Congress was in session) ........................................... 6 24 Acts which failed to become laws (vetoed after adjournment of Congress) ........................................... 6 25 Acts which were vetoed but became laws ................................................................................................. 6 26 SEC. 10 Acts which became laws without the approval of the President (while Congress was in session) ...... 6 27 Pocket vetoes (during recess) ..................................................................................................................... 6 28 Pocket vetoes (after adjournment of Congress) ........................................................................................ 6 29 Bills not signed or returned to Congress notwithstanding intrasession adjournment of the two SEC. 11 Houses ...................................................................................................................................................... 6 30 Numerical order of bills and resolutions which have been reported to or considered by either or both Houses: House bills ..........................................................................................................................................
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